Clippers Vs. Pelicans Official Game Thread 2013-12-18

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By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
Posted Dec 18 2013 2:34AM
The Los Angeles Clippers don't seem to have much trouble scoring at home.
That's likely to continue against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Clippers look to build on perhaps their best performance of the season Wednesday night when they try to send the Pelicans to an 0-3 start to their road trip.
Los Angeles (17-9) leads the NBA with an average of 111.5 points at home, winning nine of 11 games. That's in stark contrast to the 98.7 points the Clippers average on the road.
They continued their offensive prowess at Staples Center on Monday by beating....

Lets keep up the good D and the flow on the offense and get another win.

jarca

12/18/2013 - 09:38 AM PST

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Pelicans starters didn't play much last night

Silasie

12/18/2013 - 09:48 AM PST

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Well neither did ours

worm

12/18/2013 - 10:21 AM PST

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Sticking ahead on Doc defensive principles will get this win for Clips.

Flushyriver

12/18/2013 - 10:24 AM PST

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From the half of the game I watched last night, the Pelicans looked pretty terrible. They couldn't stop anything from anywhere. I would look for more of that tonight against us. Neither Evans nor Davis is expected to return for this westcoast game...so there's really nothing I can get excited about honestly. The only trouble they can cause against us, of what I can see, is maybe their rebounding ability from the 3 and 4 with Ryan Anderson and our Aminu starting (Aminu's averaged 9.0 rebounds in the last 8 games from SF).

Not really any storylines I find interesting anymore. I guess you can say Gordon wakes up when he plays us, averaged 24.5 points against us last season, but can't really pretend watching Gordon take 18 jumpers is still interesting. I've never been a huge fan of Jrue Holiday and he isn't given the same scoring opportunities with NO so even less there. In the end I guess I'm watching Amundson. The Ponytail has average 4.2 points and 6.4 rebounds in the last 5 games averaging 15 minutes, wonder what he does tonight! Gunna be a good game...

CapsNClips

12/18/2013 - 01:53 PM PST

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Didn't Ryan Anderson hit like 9 three's on us last year? I hate going up against him.

I can't wait to see EJ back on the Clippers court, he's still one of my fav Clips of all time.

namzug

12/18/2013 - 03:37 PM PST

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I still think of Jason Smith's dirty hit every time we play them. I hope Blake continues to go off.

I also would like to see Barnes back out there.

tense2

12/18/2013 - 04:08 PM PST

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Clippers -10.5. This makes me nervous, lol.

Voyeur

12/18/2013 - 04:17 PM PST

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I know the Pelicans are gonna show some grit because they don't want to go 0-4 and they have some talent. But we need to gain some momentum from that SA win. Show these guys who's boss tonight!

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12/18/2013 - 04:46 PM PST

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The only scary thing is that here is another crappy team we play and you know what happens against crappy teams. Time to turn the table on bottom tier teams.

Icecoldclipper

12/18/2013 - 05:22 PM PST

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No reason for this team to be overconfident with so much work ahead. Again the Suns not far off and the sense of urgency to catch up to the top three teams in the west. Team has been playing better but still looks like getting homecourt will be a huge factor in any round.

JahvonTheClip

12/18/2013 - 05:27 PM PST

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If this was an east team i would be scared. Strangely we handle west teams

what_up_clipnation83

12/18/2013 - 05:51 PM PST

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Blake will go off tonight

Voyeur

12/18/2013 - 06:08 PM PST

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Y'know...it doesn't matter how "mean" that pelican's face is on the logo, it's still a Pelican! lol

He averages over 10 three FGA per 48 so hitting 9 again isn't out of his range.

Blake is starting to make the effort to cover deep players so this ought to be an interesting contest to watch.

Voyeur

12/18/2013 - 07:31 PM PST

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Apparently Anderson was held to 12.3 points a game on 31.5% shooting in 4 games against the Clippers last year. Still, a great shooter can get hot at any time!

ToadVine

12/18/2013 - 07:35 PM PST

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In tonight's game we have a first and a worst:

Anderson leads the NBA in FT% at 98%.

DJ is dead last in the NBA in FT% at 40%. DHo is 2nd worst at 56%

Blake is tied for 4th in the NBA in FTAs at 180 but is 11th in FTM with 120.

Voyeur

12/18/2013 - 07:39 PM PST

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^ Blake's tied for 4th FTA's attempted? I like that. Not too concerned about being 11th in makes, we know he's not the best FT shooter, however he's almost 67% which is an improvement.

ToadVine

12/18/2013 - 07:40 PM PST

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DJ is first in the NBA in FG% at 63.5%

Tyreke is one of the worst in the NBA with a FG% of 41%. EGor not far behind at 43%. Jamal Crawford tied with him.

ToadVine

12/18/2013 - 07:43 PM PST

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I like that too.

gman

12/18/2013 - 07:48 PM PST

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I am a glass half full kinda guy. Clippers are 11-3 vs Western conference foes. Best in NBA.

OKC is 14-4 and SAS are 11-4

Indiana is 14-2 vs the Leastern Conference.

A_DOG_NAMED_BUD

12/18/2013 - 08:15 PM PST

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If we handle our business and don't take any quarters off, this game shouldn't be too much of a problem (knock on wood). I have a feeling Blake is going to have a big game tonight.

ToadVine

12/18/2013 - 08:20 PM PST

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True. It should be no problem.

Silasie

12/18/2013 - 08:26 PM PST

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I feel that we have turned a corner and this game should be fine. Come on Clips prove me right!

Steady818

12/18/2013 - 08:28 PM PST

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Just got to hope our team comes out and plays like they played against the spurs.. You make your case as a contender by beating other contenders but you validate and verify that status by beating these teams..

CapsNClips

12/18/2013 - 08:34 PM PST

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Davis and Reke are playing tonight. Uh oh!

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12/18/2013 - 08:45 PM PST

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^Wow....

Voyeur

12/18/2013 - 08:50 PM PST

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Good...with all this talk about Davis being a better PF than Blake, maybe BG will have some extra motivation.

Steady818

12/18/2013 - 08:51 PM PST

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We should still be able to easily get the win in this game..

gman

12/18/2013 - 08:51 PM PST

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I second this. Maybe Blake is tired of all this nonsense and comes out punching back.

Silasie

12/18/2013 - 08:53 PM PST

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Well if people are worried about us playing down then by that logic this should help

what_up_clipnation83

12/18/2013 - 08:54 PM PST

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Of course! Davis and Tyreke would comeback from injury against us smh

Steady818

12/18/2013 - 09:19 PM PST

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looks like crawford will continue to start...

Flushyriver

12/18/2013 - 09:22 PM PST

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Evans isn't really a huge surprise, but Davis was supposed to miss atleast another week and a half to make the lower end of his timetable. Still don't think the Pelicans have enough scoring to beat us. Should be a much tougher defensive matchup now though. Turn of events and now this will be far more interesting to watch.

Additionally, Doc says he wants to try and avoid using Barnes if he can. Was kindof looking forward to watching Matt so...we'll see.

ToadVine

12/18/2013 - 09:28 PM PST

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Bring on Tyreke. The more he shoots the more he misses.

pageC4

12/18/2013 - 09:32 PM PST

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I almost forgot he was traded to New Orleans. Can't wait to see this game